Posted on 11/03/2009 10:02 AM
A Tridentine Mass was celebrated on 15th October. Another Tridentine Mass was held by another priest who is very close to our movement a couple of weeks ago. More Tridentine Masses are expected in the coming weeks.
Deo Gratias!
Posted on 10/13/2009 06:34 AM
AVVIŻ IMPORTANTI
L-ewwel Quddiesa bir-Rit Tridentin għal dan ix-xahar ser issir nhar il-Ħamis 14 ta' Ottubru fl-4:00pm. Għal aktar dettalji e-mail: godwin_xuereb@yahoo.com
Posted on 09/25/2009 00:11 AM
F'Ottubru hemm ippjanati żewġ quddisiet bir-Rit Tridentin f'Malta. Min hu interessat, jikkuntattjani fuq e-mail
godwin_xuereb@yahoo.com jew iħalli messaġġ fuq dan il-Forum.
Godwin
Posted on 08/26/2009 07:42 AM
Nota zghira rigward blog iehor (li jidher inattiv):
http://pro-tridentina.blogspot.com/Dan il-blog m'ghandux x'jaqsam mal-moviment Pro Tridentina (Malta) minkejja li jismu hekk.
Godwin
Posted on 08/17/2009 01:34 AM
Sfortunatament, hawn min ma jaf xejn fuq il-Latin u l-Quddiesa Tridentina:
http://angelomicallef.blogspot.com/2009/08/habemus-papam.html
I recently came across an interesting website with an argument I knew had followers but I never knew had followers so keen on it. The website is
http://www.protridentina.org/. The group's stated aim as per the website is that of promoting the Tridentine mass or rather the return of the Tridentine mass in Malta and Gozo as per Papal policy.
For those who perhaps might now know what the Tridentine mass is; this is basically the mass that used to be celebrated prior to the Second Vatican Council meaning a mass in Latin with the priest giving the people his back as can be seen from the picture with this blog and with certain different prayers including a prayer during the time of Lent praying for the conversion of Jews, something deemed most offensive by the Jewish community and rightfully so.
Obviously its a free world and those who believe that the Tridentine Mass should return are free to argue so and that much I have no qualms about; more so when some within that category happen to be friends of mine. It is however in my view an outdated, andequated argument which clearly fails to understand modern times.
The church cannot fossilize itself; indeed the Roman Catholic Church is already plagued by a mentality of fossilization and a lack of catching up with the times. To revert to Latin is merely to increase the severity of the situation. Mass should be a spiritual expience where one feels closer to God and not merely a trip down traditions lane. One can only feel close to God if one is understand what is being said!
Imagine if someone read out the works of Shakespeare in Chinese; would you appreciate the beauty of Shakespeare's stories? Most certainly not!
Some might argue that Pope Benedict XVI merely made it possible for the Tridentine Mass to be held and by no means turned it into obligatory. All too true, but it is nonetheless a regression; a regression which certainly caused Pope John XXIII to turn in his grave!!
Let us not become the Christian version of Iran! Iran under the Shah had all the modern commodities of western life and indeed had a western culture. It was the ascension to power of the Ayatollah Khomeini that Iran reverted back to the strictly Muslim society it is today. Let us not be the Church which opened up in the 60's and went back in the 2000's.
The days of the Tridentine Mass are over; it is a tradition best kept in the history books and nowhere else! Its an element which would only serve to weaken the Catholic community and not strenghten.
The way to strenghten the faith is by living the faith and believing the faith and not by turning the faith into a mere living museum of traditions!
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Posted on 08/12/2009 04:53 AM
THE INTERNATIONAL UNA VOCE FEDERATION
A Brief History.
In 1964, Dr. Borghild Krane, an eminent psychologist in Norway, sent out an appeal to concerned Catholics to group together in defence of the Church's liturgical heritage.
As a result of that appeal a number of national associations came into being in 1964/65. Delegates from six European associations met in Rome early in 1965 and the International Federation was formally erected in Zurich on January 8th, 1967 when delegates from 20 associations approved the draft statutes and elected the first Council.
The International Una Voce Federation is a lay movement, and its principal aims are to ensure that the Missale Romanum of Pope John XXIII (1962 edition) is maintained in the Church as one of the forms of liturgical celebration, and to safeguard and promote the use of Latin, Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony. A General Assembly is convened every two years in Rome and elections are held for the Council and Presidency. The current President is Mr Leo Darroch from the Latin Mass Society. The Federation is recognized by the Holy See, its views are received with courtesy and respect by the relevant Roman Congregations, and its representatives are received by them in the same manner. Over the years it has made successful interventions with Rome on numerous occasions to safeguard the traditional Mass and ancient liturgical practice. Its first President, Dr. Eric de Saventhem was instrumental in convincing Pope John Paul II in 1986 to convoke a special Commission of Cardinals to investigate the situation concerning the celebration of the traditional Mass.
The Federation is not an organization run from above by a central committee. Each national association is an autonomous body that is encouraged to do all that it can to achieve the objectives of the Federation at the local level but the International Federation is better placed to represent the common concerns of traditional Catholics world-wide at the highest level of Church government. Negotiations with Rome tend to be carried out behind the scenes and are not normally made public.
http://www.ifuv.org
Pro Tridentina (Malta) hija membru tal-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali Una Voce.
Posted on 08/09/2009 03:27 AM
Posted on 08/08/2009 03:55 AM
X'qalu l-Papiet minn żmien il-Konċilju Vatikan II dwar il-Latin:
The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of any merely human society. For it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore,that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular. (Pope John XXIII, Veterum Sapientiae, 1962)
Pope John Paul II has recommended the use of Latin in the Roman liturgy and in seminary training. In a message to a conference being held at the Salesian University in Rome, the Holy Father emphasized that Latin remains the official language of the Catholic Church, and expressed his desire that 'the love of that language would grow ever strong among candidates for the priesthood.' The Pope's message itself was written in Latin, and read by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican Secretary of State. The conference to which the Pope addressed this message was commemorating the 40th anniversary of Veterum Sapientia, the apostolic constitution in which Pope John XXIII wrote of the importance of Latin as an important part of 'the patrimony of human civilization.' Pope John Paul underlined the same message, pointing out that the use of Latin 'is an indispensable condition for a proper relationship between modernity and antiquity, for dialogue among different cultures, and for reaffirming the identity of the Catholic priesthood.' (CWNews, 2002)
In order to express more clearly the unity and universality of the Church, I wish to endorse the proposal made by the Synod of Bishops, in harmony with the directives of the Second Vatican Council, that, with the exception of the readings, the homily and the prayer of the faithful, it is fitting that such liturgies be celebrated in Latin. Similarly, the better-known prayers of the Church's tradition should be recited in Latin and, if possible, selections of Gregorian chant should be sung. Speaking more generally, I ask that future priests, from their time in the seminary, receive the preparation needed to understand and to celebrate Mass in Latin, and also to use Latin texts and execute Gregorian chant; nor should we forget that the faithful can be taught to recite the more common prayers in Latin, and also to sing parts of the liturgy to Gregorian chant. (Pope Benedict XVI, Sacramentum Caritatis, 2007)
Posted on 08/07/2009 00:41 AM
Għall-benefiċċju ta' kulħadd, fis-sit ta' Pro Tridentina (Malta) qed nipprovdu l-ittra appostolika Summorum Pontificum mogħtija motu proprio mill-Papa Benedittu XVI, flimkien ma’ l-ittra mibgħuta minnu wkoll lill-Isqfijiet madwar id-dinja sabiex jispjega aħjar ir-raġunijiet wara l-istess Summorum Pontificum.
Iż-żewġ dokumenti ġew maqluba għall-Malti minn wieħed mill-membri tagħna.
Godwin
Posted on 08/03/2009 00:45 AM
Is-soċjetà Pro Tridentina (Malta) hija soċjetà li essenzjalment tixtieq tara ċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa bir-Rit Tridentin fl-arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta u fid-djoċesi t’Għawdex. Dan ifisser li l-Quddies tiġi iċċelebrata skond l’hekk imsejjħa forma straordinarja tal-Quddies kif inkiteb mill-Papa Benedittu XVI fil-motu proprio Summorum Pontificum.
L-istatut tagħna fil-fatt jistqarr:
TITOLU II – NATURA U SKOP
5. Il-moviment jikseb l-ispirazzjoni kollha tiegħu minn rabta mar-Religjon Kattolika, Appostolika, u Rumana, f’kommunjoni sħiħa mal-Papa u ma’ l-awtoritajiet ekkleżjastiċi tal-gżejjer Maltin, filwaqt li l-patruni prinċipali tas-soċjetà huma San Carlo Borromeo u San Filippo Neri.
6. L-iskop ewlieni tal-moviment huwa il-promozzjoni tar-Rit Tridentin, u speċjalment iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa Tridentina, kif sanċit fl-Ittra Appostolika Summorum Pontificum (2007AD) mogħtija motu proprio mil-Q.T. Papa Benedittu XVI, u dan għal għarfien aħjar tas-sagralità profonda, ir-rikkezza liturġika, u t-tradizzjonijiet kbar ekkleżjali u kulturali li jikkaraterizzaw l-imsemmi Rit Tridentin.
Posted on 07/30/2009 00:33 AM
U t-tieni waħda (Skużawni li bl-Ingliż it-tnejn li huma):
http://www.doi.gov.mt/EN/commentaries/2008/11/tim11.aspOut with the old, in with the new
The speech Archbishop Paul Cremona made at the Synod of Bishops held in the Vatican may not have gone down well with a number of people in the Church in Malta. Indeed, whispers of criticism were apparently overheard in sacristies and in the corridors of important offices. Archbishop Cremona was evidently not impressed and, in fact, he shared the same thoughts with the public at a press conference he addressed in the Curia just after his return from the Synod.
On both occasions he did two things. He made an analysis of the outdated model of the Church many Maltese subscribe to and then proposed the way forward.
In the words of the Archbishop, many Maltese Catholics adhere to an outdated model of the Church and of its relationship to society. Many Maltese Catholics live in a past that no longer exists. They are nostalgic. They live in fear and shock. Their attitude is "a stumbling block" to the programme of new evangelisation.
Archbishop Cremona did not mince his words:
"Many of our faithful still live in nostalgia of and compare the present situation with the model of the Church that was present 30 to 40 years ago. Since the Church has not remained in a privileged position as it was then, they live in an atmosphere of shock when the Church, or its pastors, are challenged. Often they stand in fear of speaking openly before this, many times, hostile culture."
The Archbishop's analysis of the situation propelled him to propose a new model for the Church:
"We have to propose a new model of the Church and the model which corresponds most to today's reality is the primitive Christian community as it is described in chapters two and four of the Acts of the Apostles and brought to life in the other writings of the New Testament. We have to compare the Church today to, and shape it on, that community."
Archbishop Cremona is proposing a Church which is more charismatic than institutional. This is a Church close to the people who are protagonists of pastoral action and not objects of the pastoral plans worked out at the centre. In the new model, the people are not just counted; they count. They act and not just obey. As Archbishop Cremona said in the press conference mentioned above, the Church should be made up of small communities where the Word of the Lord and the Breaking of the Bread could be shared through the personal experiences of those who had encountered the Lord.
The Archbishop is already putting this model into action. He is more present among his flock than among officials at the Curia. He is present in the hearts of people more than he is present in the heart of institutions. He listens. He cares. He instils enthusiasm.
Some may mistakenly accuse him of lack of leadership, while he is proposing a new style of leadership.
The nostalgic Catholics criticise the new style and model. But it is welcomed by those Catholics who enthusiastically live the present moment and are full of hope for the future. Even unbelievers are likely to, whether already or eventually, find themselves able to communicate with such a Church whose strategy is dialogue instead of the imposition of sins.
Archbishop Cremona should move forward undeterred.
Posted on 07/30/2009 00:31 AM
Qed nirriproduċi żewġ opinjonijiet dwar dan is-suġġett:
L-ewwel waħda:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/blogs/view/20081018/fr-joe-borg/the-silence-of-the-lambs
The silence of the lambs
In the last couple of months the bishops, on more than one occasion, exhorted Catholics to take a more active stand in the public sphere. They referred to a “responsible and fearless commitment” and warned against people remaining silent because of “fear of criticism.”
It seems that among the Shepherds there is the feeling that the lambs are remaining silent and they wish to prod them into action. This brought with it the charge of crusading, which I don’t think is fair. If the environmentalists vociferously make their case in public then their actions are described as an exercise in advocacy. But if a similar kind of action is done by a church group then the action is described as a crusade. Can anyone tell me why there is this different attitude?
As, in actual fact, the flock is neither homogeneous nor regimented – conditions that conservatives strive to make the order of the day – different sounds and silences can be picked up. The Environment Commission and the Justice and Peace do not shy from grazing on controversial grass. These, I guess, are not that part of the flock that is worrying the bishops. These commissions’ forays in the public sphere can create a different kind of problem since they are bound to be met by fire not of the friendly type. This should not be considered as a problem, though. An important caveat could perhaps be made: these are Church commissions and the media should present their statements as such and not as the Church’s official position.
In a collective statement the bishops referred to those who keep silent because they are afraid of criticism. Earlier on this very week (on October 15, in fact), Archbishop Cremona made a similar statement during his brief address to the Synodal bishops meeting in Rome. After stating that many Maltese Catholics live in a state of nostalgia and shock, he continued: “Many times they stand in fear of speaking openly before this, many times, hostile culture.”
Whoever they may be, these are the kind of sheep that shame their name and status. They deserve the appellative “chicken” more than the appellative “sheep”. Are they many? If the answer is in the affirmative, as the Archbishop’s speech to the Synod seems to imply, it is very pertinent to ask why? Could it be that the paternalistic way the Church was very often run, stunted the growth of many of our lay people and did not help them prepare for the changes that occurred in our society?
Such silent sheep do service neither to the church nor to society. As Archbishop Cremona said on more than one occasion a pluralist society by definition needs different voices and opinion to function well.
There is, in my opinion, something worse than silent sheep. These are the sheep that emit yesteryear’s bleats throwing the fold to the Jurassic period, or thereabouts. It is not the first time that I cringe reading or listening to individuals that are clearly neither prepared technically to take part in media programmes not prepared intellectually. What they say would fit Iran or Afghanistan more than they fit to-day’s Malta. Archbishop Cremona, during his Independence Day homily and in his article to the Malta To-Day June 1, 2008 (just to mention two examples) charted with great clarity the way forward for the dynamic relationship between church and state, religion and society. Unfortunately, many in the Church lack this clarity.
The members of the flock should be particularly noisy within their home pen as well.
This is not happening as much as it should. It is a pity that today, in the Church, there are no grass roots advocacy groups, (remember the priests’ association Christus Rex?) worthy of note. In the last twenty-five years there was what I call a process of privatization. Many abandoned the ecclesial public sphere and retreated into their own private spaces. These ecclesial private spaces take the form of one’s lay movement, parish or some other area of work or personal interest.
Perhaps trying to find why this is so is as useful are trying to find out why Catholics of different shades of opinions prefer the comfy shade than the sun of the country’s public space which can be scorching.
Posted on 07/29/2009 10:34 AM
Kienet saret din il-laqgha? U jekk iva, jista' jinghad x'gie diskuss u forsi maqbul?
Godwin
Posted on 07/29/2009 07:08 AM
Hbieb,
dan hu t-tieni kumment li qed nibghat. L-ewwel wiehed kien xi xhur ilu (bhala "Guest") u gie edited billi saret smiley, qisu kont qed nghid xi hmerija. Ghal min jinteressah, twaqqfet socjeta' favur il-Quddiesa Tridentina kif ukoll saru zviluppi ohra. Min hu nteressat, jikteb f'dan il-Forum.
Godwin
